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USS Iwo Jima: Giant Amphibious Assault Ship Of The US Navy

The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of ...
Beyond Walks on MSN

AV-8B Harriers Drop Live Bombs in Training

CARIBBEAN SEA – U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II’s with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd ...
WSKG

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory

It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built ...
Manteca Bulletin

Aircraft carrier that served in World War II & recovered the Apollo 11 crews after splashdown is at Alameda Pier 3

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...
Stars and Stripes

From the Ford Carrier Strike Group to Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group: What assets has US military sent to Caribbean

The U.S. military has steadily amassed troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean Sea to strike alleged drug traffickers.

Pirates of the Caribbean strike in their old Bahamas ‘kingdom’. Where was the Navy?

Every now and then something quite unusual happens at sea. Mechanical failures are not uncommon nor is a tow line parting, ...